The recently concluded Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections in Akwa Ibom State have been adjudged “ peaceful, free, fair and credible.”
This is according to the Report on the 2019 Gubernatorial Election submitted to the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of the Department of Operations seen by reporter.
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In the 12-paged Report signed by then Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom Police Command, Ibrahim S. Kaoje who also doubled as the Election Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command, it was stated emphatically in the concluding part that the “Governorship and State House of Assembly Election held on 9th March, 2019 in Akwa Ibom State was relatively peaceful, free, fair and credible. The security agencies led by the Nigerian Police provided conducive security environment for the peaceful conduct of this election”.
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It should be recalled that CP Ibrahim Kaoje was the arrowhead of the much vaunted Federal might the All Progressives Congress (APC) had promised to unleash on the State.
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He was allegedly reported to have been sent specifically to ensure the APC captured the state and the intimidation and mass arrest of key PDP Stakeholders in the state was said to have allegedly received his blessing.
CP Kaoje, to lend credence to the mission he was allegedly charged to execute, throughout his stay in Akwa Ibom State, he did not pay a courtesy visit to the State Governor, Emmanuel Udom, neither did he maintain any form of communications with the State’s Chief Security Officer as the normal protocols demand.
He was alleged to have held several open and nocturnal meetings with the key opposition stakeholders on how to thwart the peoples’ will and ensure victory for the APC.
The people of Akwa Ibom State however, refused to be intimidated; they went out and freely exercised their civic responsibility, and they formed themselves into an electoral human shield at the polls and defended their votes.
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They voted massively to return the PDP Candidate for Governor, Udom Emmanuel and all the National Assembly and State Assembly Candidates.
The election was adjudged by the International Foreign Observers as well as the media as the freest and fairest if not the most credible election of the entire 2019 elections.
A Political watcher in Akwa Ibom state who preferred anonymity believed that the Report by CP Kaoje has validated the positions of the International Observers and the Nigerian and international press, thus rendering bare and without foundation the claims by the APC that the elections were marred by violence and irregularities.
He said; “It has again revealed the lies they have been weaving lately that the state has security issues and therefore, the venue of the Election Tribunal should be moved from Uyo to Abuja.
“Akwa Ibom State is safe and peaceful and the people have spoken, the election of March 9th, 2019 was free, fair and credible and was held under peaceful atmosphere.
“This is the conclusion of the very man who was allegedly the arrowhead of the plot to forcefully take over the state for the APC.
“As the Campaign Slogan of the Divine Mandate, 2019 Gubernatorial Election proclaimed loudly: ONLY GOD!”
